Named after J. R. R. Tolkein
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Gabrius tolkieni Schillhammer 1997 | Beetle | J. R. R. Tolkien | [1] | |
Khamul tolkeini Gates, 2008 | Wasp | J. R. R. Tolkien | [2] | |
Leucothoe tolkieni Vinogradov, 1990 | Amphipod | J. R. R. Tolkien | [3][4] | |
Martesia (Paramartesia) tolkieni | Clam | J. R. R. Tolkien | "The name tolkieni honors the late J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and many delightful creatures of long ago in the time of Middle-earth." | [5] |
Shireplitis tolkieni Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | J. R. R. Tolkien | [6] | |
Tolkienia † Lieberman & Kloc, 1997 | Trilobite | J. R. R. Tolkien | A genus of Devonian trilobites that has been found in Spain, France and the United States. | [7] |
Named after the Ainur
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Anthracosuchus balrogus † Hastings et al, 2014 | Crocodyliform | Balrogs | [8] | |
Balrogia Hedqvist, 1977 | Wasp | Balrogs | [9] | |
Chespiritos balrogiformis Kuwahara & Marshall, 2020 | Fly | Balrogs | "This name refers to the fifth sternite, which resembles the head of the Balrog from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings series, specifically the one represented in Peter Jackson's movie Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." | [10] |
Elachista olorinella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Gandalf (Olórin) | From Gandalf's alternate name Olórin | [11] |
Gandalfia Willems et al, 2005 | Flatworm | Gandalf | [12] | |
Gandalfus McLay, 2007 | Crab | Gandalf | A crab from the waters of New Zealand, where the Peter Jackson trilogy was filmed | [13] |
Khamul gothmogi Gates, 2008 | Wasp | Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs | [2] | |
Litoria sauroni Richards & Oliver, 2006 | Frog | Sauron | [14] | |
Macrostyphlus gandalf Morrone, 1994 | Beetle | Gandalf | [15] | |
Mithrandir † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Gandalf (Mithrandir) | [16] | |
Mimatuta morgoth † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Morgoth | [16] | |
Niphredil radagasti † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Radagast | [16] | |
Paraortygoides radagasti † | Bird | Radagast | "For the wizard of Middle Earth, Radagast the Brown, rabid communicator with birds" | [17] |
Sauron Eskov, 1995 | Spider | Sauron | [18] | |
Sauroniops † Cau et al, 2012 | Dinosaur | Sauron | The name has the intended meaning of "Eye of Sauron". | [19] |
Yavanna Vera, 2013 | Tree fern | Yavanna | [20] |
Named after Elves
editNamed after Dwaves
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Balinia Hedqvist, 1978 | Wasp | Balin | Now revised to Acrias. | [24] |
Bomburodon † (Van Valen, 1978) | Fossil mammal | Bombur | Formerly named Bomburia.[a] | [16][26] |
Deltatherium durini † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Durin | Allusion is to size, being two-thirds the size of Deltatherium fundaminis | [16] |
Elachista ibunella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Ibûn | [11] | |
Elachista telcharella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Telchar | [11] | |
Gimlia Hedqvist, 1978 | Wasp | Gimli | Now revised to Acrias. | [24] |
Oinia (Hedqvist, 1978) | Wasp | Óin | Now revised to Acrias. | [24] |
Named after Men (Humans)
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Anisonchus eowynae † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Éowyn | [16] | |
Elachista aerinella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Aerin | [11] | |
Elachista arthadella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Arthad | [11] | |
Elachista beorella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Bëor | [11] | |
Elachista bregorella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Bregor | [11] | |
Elachista dagnirella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Dagnir | [11] | |
Elachista eilinella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Eilinel | [11] | |
Elachista gorlimella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Gorlim | [11] | |
Elachista haldarella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Haldar | [11] | |
Elachista marachella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Marach | [11] | |
Elachista morwenella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Morwen | [11] | |
Elachista neithanella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Túrin | Neithan is a pseudonym of Túrin.[27] | [11] |
Elachista nienorella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Niënor | [11] | |
Elachista ragnorella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Ragnor | [11] | |
Elachista rianella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Rían | [11] | |
Elachista tuorella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Tuor | [11] | |
Elachista turinella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Túrin | [11] |
Named after Hobbits
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Abacophrastus hobbit Will, 2011 | Beetle | Hobbits | "an allusion to the setose dorsal surface of the tarsi, analogous to the hairy feet of Tolkien’s Hobbits" | [28] |
Aglaophenia baggins Soto Ángel & Peña Cantero, 2017 | Hydrozoan | Baggins family | [29] | |
Ansonia smeagol Davies et al, 2016 | Toad | Gollum (Sméagol) | [30] | |
Breviceps bagginsi Minter, 2003 | Frog | Bilbo Baggins | [31] | |
Frodospira † Wagner, 1999 | Gastropod | Frodo Baggins | [32] | |
Galaxias gollumoides McDowall & Chadderton, 1999 | Fish | Gollum | Gollumoides means "Gollum-like".[27] | [33] |
Gollum Garrick, 1954 | Fish | Gollum | [34] | |
Gollumiella Hedqvist, 1978 | Wasp | Gollum | [35] | |
Gollumjapyx smeagol Sendra & Ortuño, 2006 | Dipluran | Gollum (Sméagol) | [36] | |
Iandumoema smeagol Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996 | Harvestman | Gollum (Sméagol) | [37] | |
Ingerophrynus gollum Grismer, 2007 | Toad | Gollum | [38] | |
Laparocerus hobbit Machado, 2008 | Beetle | Hobbits | "The specific epithet ... refers to the Hobbits ... a literary fictitious race of people who have big and hairy feet; a metaphor of the swollen and hairy tarsi characteristic of this species." | [39] |
Lotharingius frodoi † Mattioli, 1996 | Coccolithophore | Frodo Baggins | [40] | |
Macrostyphlus bilbo Morrone, 1994 | Beetle | Bilbo Baggins | ||
Macrostyphlus frodo Morrone, 1994 | Beetle | Frodo Baggins | [15] | |
Marjumia bagginsi † Melzak and Westrop, 1994 | Trilobite | Bilbo Baggins | [41] | |
Odontonia bagginsi de Gier & Fransen, 2018 | Shrimp | Baggins family | [42] | |
Pericompsus bilbo Erwin, 1974 | Beetle | Bilbo Baggins | "These beetles are short and robust much like Bilbo." | [43] |
Psylla frodobagginsi Martoni, 2019 | Psyllid | Frodo Baggins | [44] | |
Saurodocus hobbit Yerman & Krapp-Schickel, 2008 | Amphipod | Hobbits | [45] | |
Shireplitis bilboi Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | Bilbo Baggins | [6] | |
Shireplitis frodoi Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | Frodo Baggins | [6] | |
Shireplitis meriadoci Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | Meriadoc Brandybuck | [6] | |
Shireplitis peregrini Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | Peregrin Took | [6] | |
Shireplitis samwisei Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | Samwise Gamgee | [6] | |
Sinopesa gollum Lin & Li, 2021 | Spider | Gollum | "named after Gollum,[...] who lived in a cave, as does this new species" | [46] |
Smeagol Climo, 1980 | Gastropod | Gollum (Sméagol) | [27][47] | |
Smeagolia (Hedqvist, 1973) | Wasp | Gollum (Sméagol) | Now revised to Muscidifurax. | [27][48] |
Syconycteris hobbit Ziegler, 1982 | Bat | Hobbits | [27][49] |
Named after Orcs
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Borophagus orc † Webb, 1969 | Fossil mammal | Orcs | [50] | |
Protungulatum gorgun † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Orcs | "Etymology: Gorgûn, the Woses' name for orcs in The Lord of the Rings, with reference to the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation" | [16] |
Named after the Nazgûl
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Abavorana nazgul Quah et al, 2017 | Frog | Nazgûl | Named "in reference to the 'Nazgûl', characters created by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings (1954). Also known as Ring-wraiths, they were nine men who succumbed to Sauron’s power and were transformed into white ghostly figures wearing black cloaks—the colouration that the new population being described herein shares." | [51] |
Acledra nazgul Faúndez, Rider & Carvajal, 2016 | True bug | Nazgûl | "After the fictional Nazgûl characters created by J.R.R. Tolkien, who, mounted on winged creatures, could fly long distances, even on steep peaks; on the other hand, this new species has a wide distribution and dispersal capacity throughout the highlands near the Argentinean Andes, which resembles the behaviour of the Nazgûl." | [52][53] |
Khamul Gates, 2008 | Wasp | Khamûl, a Nazgûl | [2] | |
Nazgulia Hedqvist, 1973 | Wasp | Nazgûl | [48] | |
Potamalpheops nazgul Christodoulou, Iliffe & De Grave, 2019 | True shrimp | Nazgûl | "Named after J.R.R. Tolkienʼs fictional characters, the Nazgul, who dwell in the realm of shadows, akin to the habitat of this new shrimp species" | [54] |
Tetramorium nazgul Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012 | Ant | Nazgûl | [55] |
Named after animals
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Amphiledorus ungoliantae Pekár & Cardoso, 2005 | Spider | Ungoliant | Ungoliant is a giant spider. | [56] |
Ancalagon Conway Morris, 1977 | Priapulid | Ancalagon the Black | [57] | |
Ankalagon † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Ancalagon the Black | [16] | |
Claenodon mumak † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Mûmakil, the elephants of Middle-earth | [16] | |
Cnemaspis smaug Pal et al, 2021 | Lizard | Smaug | "The species is named after "Smaug", the dragon from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel, The Hobbit. The name is derived from the old German verb 'smeuganan' meaning "to creep" or "to squeeze through a hole". The type specimens of this species were found within crevices of rocks and boulders inside the forest. Additionally, like dragons, the dorsum is armoured with large conical tubercles." | [58] |
Cristaphyes glaurung Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018 | Kinorhynch | Glaurung | [59] | |
Cristaphyes scatha Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018 | Kinorhynch | Scatha the Worm | [59] | |
Desmatoclaenus mearae † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Mearas, the horses of Rohan | [16] | |
Glaurung † Bulanov & Sennikov, 2015 | Weigeltisaurid | Glaurung | [60] | |
Gwaihiria Naumann, 1982 | Wasp | Gwaihir, Lord of the Eagles | [15] | |
Nemesia ungoliant | Spider | Ungoliant | [61] | |
Ochyrocera laracna Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018 | Spider | Shelob | "Laracna" is Shelob's name in Portuguese | [62] |
Ochyrocera ungoliant Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018 | Spider | Ungoliant | [62] | |
Planois smaug Carvajal, Faúndez & Rider, 2015 | True bug | Smaug | [63][64] | |
Pycnophyes ancalagon Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018 | Kinorhynch | Ancalagon the Black | [59] | |
Tamolia ancalagon Carvajal et al, 2015 | True bug | Ancalagon the Black | Named "for Ancalagon the Black, the largest dragon in J. R. R. Tokien’s universe; because of the dark coloration and aspect of this new species, as well as its size compared to many other heteropterans." | [65] |
Tetramorium smaug Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012 | Ant | Smaug | [55] | |
Smaug Stanley et al, 2011 | Lizard | Smaug | [66] |
Named after other characters
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Beorn † Cooper, 1964 | Tardigrade | Beorn | [67] | |
Beornia Hedqvist, 1975 | Wasp | Beorn | [68] | |
Bubogonia bombadili † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Tom Bombadil | [16] | |
Earendil † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Eärendil, a Half-elf | [16] | |
Elachista diorella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | Dior Eluchíl, a Half-elf | [11] | |
Mimotricentes mirielae † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Míriel Ar-Zimraphel, a queen of Númenor | [16] | |
Protoselene bombadili † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Tom Bombadil | [16] |
Named after Ents
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Entia Hedqvist (1974) | Wasp | Ents | Now revised to Boucekastichus. | [69][70] |
Fimbrethil † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Fimbrethil, the lost wife of Treebeard | [16] | |
Unicauda fimbrethilae Rosser, 2016 | Myxozoan | Fimbrethil, the lost wife of Treebeard | [71] |
Named after objects and locations
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Arctoceras erebori † Piazza, 2017 | Ammonoid | Erebor, the Lonely Mountain | [72] | |
Astyanax lorien Zanata, Burger & Camelier, 2018 | Fish | Lothlorien | lorien, from the Quenya language meaning "Dream Land", used in allusion to the "beautiful areas" inhabited by the Brazilian species | [73] |
Cristaphyes dordaidelosensis Sørensen & Grzelak, 2018 | Kinorhynch | Dor Daidelos | Arctic species named for "The Region of Everlasting Cold" in The Silmarillion | [59] |
Fimbrethil ambaronae † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Ambaróna, a name for the forest Fangorn | [16] | |
Litaletes ondolinde † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Ondolindë, an alternate name of the Elven city Gondolin | [16] | |
Lopholatilus ereborensis Carnevale & Godfrey, 2014 | Fish | Erebor, the Lonely Mountain | [74] | |
Niphredil † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Niphredil, a flower in Middle Earth | [16] | |
Platymastus palantir † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Palantir | [16] | |
Pseudopallenis palantir Kolibáč, 1997 | Beetle | Palantir | [75] | |
Shireplitis Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013 | Wasp | The Shire | [6] | |
Thangorodrim thalion † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | Thangorodrim | "Sindarin (Elvish) thalion, strong. Reference is to the massive morphology of the jaws and the generic name" | [16] |
Uroplatus fangorn Ratsoavina et al, Scherz, 2020 | Gecko | Fangorn | "The species epithet fangorn is…derived from the name of a deep, dark woodland in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Fangorn is a Sindarin word (one of Tolkien’s constructed languages) meaning 'Treebeard' (derived from the Sindarin words fang, meaning beard, and orn, meaning tree); the same name (both as Fangorn and as Treebeard) is also given to the oldest of the Ents, a race of ancient tree shepherds. We use this name in reference not only to the similarities between Fangorn forest and the forests in which the new species occurs, but also to the tree-like appearance of Uroplatus geckos, which make them seem like the 'tree spirits' that are Tolkien’s Ents (Flieger 2013)." | [76] |
Named after Elvish words
editTaxon | Type | Named for | Notes | Ref |
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Elachista aranella Kaila, 1999 | Moth | aran- | "E. aranella seems to owe its name to aran-, the 'royal prefix used by the Kings of Arthedain after Malvegil and by the Chieftains of the Dúnedain of the North to indicate their claim to all of Arnor'".[77] | [11] |
Aletodon mellon † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | mellon | Mellon is the elvish word for "friend" that opened the doors to Moria | [16] |
Chriacus calenancus † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | calen, anca | "Sindarin (Elvish) calen, green; anca, Jaws. Reference is to inferred herbivory" | [16] |
Helicops nentur Costa et al, 2016 | Snake | nen, tur | "The name nentur is formed by the (Quenya) words nen (water) and tur (ruler, master)," referencing the aquatic habits of the species | [78] |
Mimatuta minuial † Van Valen, 1978 | Fossil mammal | minuial | [16] | |
Vanima Zacca, Casagrande & Mielke, 2020 | Butterfly | vanima | In Quenya (elvish) vanima means beautiful | [79] |
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